Dark, Beautiful, Morbid Things

As a parallel to Selina's thread, a place to post things that are creepy or bizarre in a beautiful, soul-searching way,

things that ache

things that writhe

things that bridge the distance between life and death

museum pieces and old clocks

stuffed animals

the occult and the mystical

deepest darkest wisdom of Kabbalah

secret writings

ghosts

torture chambers

and devils


(ghostly hallway)



(monk skull collection, Athos, Greece)


(ossuary in Naters, Switzerland)



(bookshelves of lore)


(hieroglyphs)


(The Illusionist)

^ I love the Greek and Roman Underworld. And afterlife images generally.



I loved Myst and Riven growing up, those haunted isles...








Also - more recently - steampunky stuff like Help Volty





And the ridiculously detailed handdrawn indie game Machinarium





where you save this little robot guy from the rubbish tip and guide him through a robot dystopia



with some real mindbending puzzles in between



It's funny, it isn't as well known as The Room but I got through the whole of The Room (which is so "hard" a lot of people moan about it) in one day while Machinarium took me longer.



I still like The Room though, it's got good graphics and that "special" atmosphere....







There's that element of...conspiracy theory feeling and deep dark history. Secret codes like something out of a story of the Templars or Freemasons.



That said I got totally bored of The Room 2 before I even got very far with it, it just didn't grab me... too stereotypical. Pirate ships? Give me a break...

How about abandoned houses?

oooo very creepy Luney!

Thankyou Lunar.





Marion Crane: Do you have any vacancies?
Norman Bates: Oh, we have 12 vacancies. 12 cabins, 12 vacancies.



Classic Hitch.

Also has anyone read The Fifth Child?

“While she strode rapidly through the ward to the door at the other end, she was able to see that every bed or cot held an infant or a small child in whom the human template had been wrenched out of pattern, sometimes horribly, sometimes slightly. A baby like a comma, great lolling head on a stalk of a body... then something like a stick insect, enormous bulging eyes among stiff fragilities that were limbs... a small girl all blurred, her flesh guttering and melting - a doll with chalky swollen limbs, its eyes wide and blank, like blue ponds, and its mouth open, showing a swollen little tongue. A lanky boy was skewed, one half of his body sliding from the other. A child seemed at first glance normal, but then Harriet saw there was no back to its head; it was all face, which seemed to scream at her.”

aww i love the film Psycho!!!!

Phanty, as i've found a fellow Tim Minchin fan i thought i'd post this for you, its a bit long, but well worth the watch, the guy is just Genius and so so talented aswell as funny!

Thanks Nine-Eyes.

Nine-Eyes

The Nine-Eyed Slayer is a mythical Aftrican creature. It is known to have nine eyes and takes the form of an exceptionally large spider, weighing over 40 pounds and over 3 feet in diameter. !

WARNING: Content may scare audiences afraid of spiders  

May be unsuitable for arachnophobics














Me catching a spider:



My pet spider:



My other pet spider:




having fun with Ranty the Tarantula


and of course






Spiderman and his new female companion

NINE EYES.

Spiderman's dating Sue Storm? When did that happen?

Anyway stop asking dumbass questions you know I was pretending it was Nine-Eyes, Queen of Hell.



It wouldn't be fun if I used Gwen Stacy. I think most people would recognize her. Storm isn't that recognizable and I'm not going to photoshop a comic ffs.

This thread fits well on the forum.

i dont like the frog spawn looking bit in my hair Phanty...

Night Eyes wrote:i dont like the frog spawn looking bit in my hair Phanty...

Spider eggs. Better than caviar.

oh is that what they are?

in my hair?????

ych a fi!!!! (thats welsh btw)

Yeah its welsh. Wtf does it even mean though?

it just means yuck.... or ewwww

Thought it might.

now lady:


again I must warn that the easily offended, with weak stomachs, should proceed no further...



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